In the business world, sound contracts provide you with the security and protection you need to carry out your operations. Without them, running your business would be chaotic and defined by uncertainty. But even the most well thought out and strongly written contracts can be breached, which strips you of the protections that you’ve worked hard to secure.
Fortunately, you can protect your interests by taking legal action. While you might be able to sort out the breach informally through negotiations with the other party, in many instances legal action will be required.
What does a breach of contract claim get you?
Depending on the facts of your case, there are several remedies that may be available to you after a breach of contract. This includes:
- Compensatory damages such as lost profits, incurred costs, and expenses that are incidental to the breach.
- Consequential damages that resulted from the breach even though they are not directly related the other party’s failure to adhere to the terms of the contract.
- Punitive damages to punish the other party for their behavior.
- Reliance and expectation damages.
- Specific performance of the contract’s provisions.
- Recission of the contract.
- An injunction to prohibit the other party from engaging in certain behavior.
As you can see, there are a lot of options when it comes to seeking relief after a breach of contract. You just have to be prepared to argue for the outcome that’s best for you.
Aggressively pursue your breach of contract case
You can’t let other business and consumers take advantage of you. If you do, then your business is likely destined to fail. You can significantly reduce the risk of that happening, though, by enforcing your contracts. If you want to learn more about how to do that, then please continue to read our website.